SALT LAKE, UT – AUGUST 04: A person scans a QR code on an Apple Watch to temporarily send their digital driver’s license to another mobile phone at a Harmons Grocery store on August 4, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Utah is the first state in the nation to start to convert and offer digital driver licenses on mobile devices. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
It's been in the works for years, and now the state of Florida is hoping that digital driver’s licenses will be available next month.
It's exactly what it sounds like. Florida drivers would be able to show proof of ID on an app. It wouldn't be a full replacement, so drivers, to operate a vehicle, would still need a physical driver's license.
Terrence Samuel, with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said there will be a QR code, “And when you scan that, what will happen is it will pull the relevant information, your identification or your driver’s license information, and send it to you and also the person that’s requesting it.”
The state said they are also working with Apple to have the feature in the Apple Wallet.
SOURCE: Fox 13
Digital Driver’s Licenses Florida
